The
1788 - 1820 PIONEER ASSOCIATION

The
1788 - 1820 Pioneer Association Inc. is a research organisation formed
to record and publicise the history of those who arrived in Australia
between 26 January 1788 and 31 December 1820 and to unite the
descendants of those pioneers. In 2010 the
Association embarked on the following 12 year project to assist anyone
wishing to research the lives of pioneers living during the
Macquarie Era, i.e. 1 January 1810 to 12
February 1822. This site is in
its initial development, if you would like to assist and have
your pioneer/s included in this project please forwarded your
information in the format recommended below to the Association by
email: earlypioneers@the1788-1820pioneerassociation.org.au

Recommended Format, if possible in
an A4 document fully compatible with Word 97-2003.

Name:
Born: date and location:
Arrived Sydney:Vessel:
Status: convict or came free or born in colony;Married:
who, date and location;
Died: date and location;
Buried: date and location;
Father:
Mother:
Profile: Life story, especially during the Macquarie era.
Reference: Source of information.

The Association acknowledges with appreciation the $4,000 received from
the City of Sydney's Local Community Grants Program 2010/2011 for the
purchase of IT equipment.

"The People in the Life and Times
of Lachlan & Elizabeth Macquarie Online Index”is an endorsedMacquarie
2010 Bicentenary Project initiative of The 1788 - 1820
Pioneer Association Inc.

To
celebrate the Macquarie era the Association’s 12 year project will
create an online index, profile and bibliography of the people
(pioneers) living during the twelve years of the Macquarie era.This project is very
broadly based and it aims to identify as many as possible the
pioneers living during the Macquarie era, to identify original resource
material relating to these individuals and thence develop an online
bibliography.Where possible, from
the bibliography, provide a link to the life story of each of the
pioneers identified.

In his book
“Colonial Australia before 1850”, Brian Fletcher reports the population
in the Colony as being 10,452 in 1810 and estimated 23,939 in
1820. Because the 1820 muster was incorrectly taken, the total
for that year is an approximation.During
this period Elizabeth and Lachlan Macquarie would have had a profound
influence on the lives of many of our settlers. Identifying where these
pioneers first settled in the colony, their occupation, family status
and life story, if they relocated; when, where and why, especially if
they relocated to a Macquarie Town.

A considerable
number of these life stories have already been written and are
presently hidden away in the archives of family
history and heritage associations, municipal, city,
shire, state libraries and the
Australian National Library. However, the next 12 years of the
Macquarie era provides an excellent opportunity to motivate the many
researches in these organizations to discover, and/or
rediscover the interesting
facets of our pioneers' lives and ensure that history is available to
all Australians via the “The People in the Life and Times
of Lachlan & Elizabeth Macquarie Online Index”project.

Please
Note: The 1788 - 1820 Pioneer Association Inc. is not
responsible for the accuracy of any pioneer lifestories and/or
dates published on this website, readers researching
individual pioneers are advised to check for themselves original
resource material.

To access the
profile of each individual pioneer, click on the name highlighted below
in the Macquarie Era Pioneer Index.